How to remove the password for RAR compressed files if you forget it? Two methods to help you retrieve it

RAR is our common compressed file format. If the file contains important information, you can also set password protection. But after a long time, it is inevitable that you will forget the password of the compressed file. How to remove the password of RAR compressed file if you forget it? Below the editor will share with you two methods, hoping to help you. Method 1: Open the RAR compressed file. If password protection is set in the early stage, clicking on any file inside will prompt you to enter a password to open the file.

If you are using WinRAR compressor and want to cancel this password, you can click [Extract to] on the upper toolbar, in the new window that pops up, select the folder where the decompression will be stored, and then click [OK].

The password prompt window will appear again. Enter the originally set password in the blank space, click [OK], and the files in the compressed package will be decompressed to the folder you just selected.

Sometimes it does happen that the compressed package does not have a password but the folder does, resulting in the file being unable to be decompressed. This problem often confuses everyone and they don’t know how to solve it. PHP editor Baicao is here to introduce the solution to you, hoping to help you easily decompress the compressed package and obtain the required file content.

Method 2: If you are using other compressors, you can check if there are options related to [Password], click and check [Clear existing password] in the new dialog box.

After clicking, enter the originally set password in the pop-up dialog box, and then click [OK], the password protection of the compressed package will be released.

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